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GAITER BOOT.

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GAITBR BOOT.

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[UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SCIIROEDER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

GAITER BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,840, dated March 4,1890.

' Application iiled May 16, 1889- Serial No. 310,945. (No model.)

`To all whom t may concern,.-

scribed in my Letters Patent No. 129,178,

dated July 16, 1872; and it consists in certain features of noveltyhereinafter to be described, and then particularly pointed out in.

the claim.

In order that inyinvention maybe fully understood, I will now proceed todescribe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure I is a side view of my improved gaiter boot, showing the topdrawn open to receive the foot. Fig. II is a side view of the gaiterboot in closed or contracted condition, part being broken away. Fig. IIIis a longinal section of the gaiter boot. Fig. IIIa is a horizontalsection showing the inner counterlining. Figs. IV, V, and VI representthe front leather, the back leather, and back lining, respectively. Fig.VII shows 011e of the elastic straps with its attachment ends.

Referring to the drawings, a represents the vamp, b the front, and c theback leathers.

CZ is the counter or quarter, e is the sole, and fthe heel.

The rear ends of the vamp or upper and the ends of the counter areconnected by seams, and the vamp and counter are secured to the sole andheel, all in the usual manner. The front leather b is shaped as shown inFig. IV, the lower end curving inwardly and upwardly from the edges andthe curves joining at a point D. The vamp or upper a is provided with atongue a', that, together with the upper edges a, is sewed to the curvedlower end of the front b. The back leather c is secured to the backlining g by a seam 7L. Below and behind the seam h is another seam h. Tothe rear of the seam h', in the sides of the back c, are formed slots oropenings t, three of which are shown in the drawings on each side of theboot; but it'is evident that a greater or less number may be provided.Projecting out from these openings are suitable straps, here shown asconsisting of elastic j and attachment leather or clothends j. Thesestraps extend around the back of the boot, between the back leather cand the lining g, and on each side ofthe straps a line of stitching loextends from side to side of the back and secures the lining to theback, and these lines of stitching are paralleland form pockets for thestraps transverse to the back. The back leather is secured to thecounter by lines of stitching Z. The attachment ends j of the straps aresecured to the sides of the front b, between the front and its lining m,by lines of stitching n, situated, preferably, at about a half-inch fromthe rear edges of the front, so as to form flaps o, that fit over andhide the straps and the openings in the back for the latter.`

p and p are the front and back pull-straps. The back pull-strap liesbetween the back leather and its lining and extends straight down underthe sole. The elastics j go behind the pullstrap p.

On the inside boot, atl the back, is a counter lining or stiffening r,the ends of which are secured by the' ankle-seams made at the junctureof the counter d with the vamp, and the ends extend beyond the seams, sothat there will be no rubbing between the joint of the counter with thevamp and the heel of the wearer.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat-y ent, is-

A gaiter boot having aback and a front, said back having a series ofpockets between the lining and back formed by parallel lines ofstitching and opening at each side near the edge of the back, elastic staps with reenforced leather ends passing through said pocket-s andattached to the inner side of the front away from the edges thereof,leaving a margin to cover the openings in the back when the shoe is inits normal state, substan tially as described.

JOHN SCIIROEDER. Witnesses:

Fnrrz HAHN, WILLIAM LITTLE.

